1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910409841003321

Autore

Desrousseaux Maylis

Titolo

Artificialized Land and Land Take : Drivers, Impacts and Potential Responses

Pubbl/distr/stampa

éditions Quae, 2020

Versailles : , : Quae, , 2020

©2021

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (190 pages)

Collana

Matière à débattre et Décider

Altri autori (Persone)

BéchetBéatrice

Le BissonnaisYves

RuasAnne

SchmittBertrand

Soggetti

Conservation of the environment

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Table des matières -- Artificialized land and land take -- Foreword -- 'Land Take', an ambiguous scientific concept -- - Methods of measuring the extent of land take in France -- - The impacts of land take on the characteristics and properties of soils -- - The direct and indirect impacts of land take on the characteristics and functioning of artificialized environments -- - Agricultural land, agricultural activities, and land take -- - Household location strategies and housing construction -- - Determinants of land take by enterprises and transport infrastructure -- - Avoiding or reducing land take, or possibly compensating for its effects -- Bibliography -- List of Authors.

Sommario/riassunto

Considered as one of the main factors in erosion of the biodiversity, land take describes the global reduction in the proportion of land allocated to farming and forestry or to natural spaces. This work identifies the decisive economic and social factors in land take and its impact on the environment and agriculture. It suggests levers of action likely to limit its development and its negative effects.